my own endless night

bea!! hi friend :)

listen i tried looking for a less heart wrenching passage but i couldn’t find one so…here ya go (from my untitled boarding school!caitvi wip)

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Finally, they burst out into the night air, and a cold wave slapped her face. People were everywhere. Her neighbors, all blurry like smudged paint, stared up with devastated expressions at the streams of water arching from the fire trucks toward their burning homes.

Rows of stretchers lined the sidewalk.

Rows of black body bags.

Vi clung to Vander’s shoulders, her fingers digging into his jacket as her eyes snagged on one bag with purple hair spilling out.

"No," Vi sobbed—begged as tears began streaming down her face. She had tried to keep it together, for Powder's sake, but she couldn't help but fall apart as realization dawned on her.

She stared at the body bag and the familiar strands of violet locks peeking out, watching the exact moment the zipper began to slide down on its own, as if controlled by an invisible hand, slow and creaking until it revealed her mother's face. Soot-smeared, ashen, lips cracked, and her eyes wide open. Lifeless.

Vi's chest collapsed. "No, no, no. Mommy, please—Mommy—"

The cry in her mouth morphed into a gasp as her mother's head turned toward her, staring at Vi while she rasped in a voice that did not belong to her: Vi. Vi. Vi—

“Vi. Vi—Violet.”

Vi jerked awake, jolting into a sitting position on her bed.

Peering over her stood Caitlyn, glancing down at her with a worried expression. The dorm room snapped into focus, dim and quiet with Maddie and Gert still asleep.

thank you!!! i wrote another disco elysium drabble, Cunoesse and Cuno focused

jojo!!! ty darling <3

i had to scrounge for a section that was actually interesting but i found it in the next chapter for to all the girls i’ve loved before! (coming soon…hopefully)

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Maddie watched them attentively. Well, she watched Caitlyn, really.

Her face didn't bear any sign of strong emotion. No jealousy or longing, or even curiosity. Still, she stared. So Vi decided to give her a reason to.

Without missing a beat, Vi reached up and tucked a strand of hair behind Caitlyn's ear.

Caitlyn instinctively took a step back, stumbling and bumping against the lockers as Vi followed her.

"What are you doing?" Caitlyn asked, wary.

Vi's fingers lingered, leaving Caitlyn's ear to brush the curve of her jaw before dropping her hand, then gently taking Caitlyn's in hers and leaning in close enough to insinuate their interaction was something other than platonic.

"Blondie's watching," she said. "Gotta make it look convincing, remember?"

Caitlyn started to turn her head, but Vi lightly pinched her chin and guided it back to face her.

"Don't," Vi murmured. "She'll notice. Just keep your eyes on me. We're having a totally normal, intimate moment. So romantic. It's like the whole world around us has completely disappeared and it's just us two…lost in each other."

They were close now, maybe a little too close. Vi could feel the rapid rise of Caitlyn's chest against hers, she could see the flutter of her pulse on the side of her neck, the flush adorning her skin.

Easy to fluster, Vi thought. Good to know.

“We agreed—no kissing,” Caitlyn reminded her breathlessly, her voice wavering.

Vi smirked. “Who said anything about kissing, Cupcake? It's the near kiss that's way hotter, trust me."

A beat passed as they continued to stare at each other. Vi with all the charm she could muster, and Caitlyn, a blushing wreck.

Assuming enough time had passed, Vi stole a quick glance in Maddie's direction, only to find the spot empty. Just like that, she released Caitlyn's hand and took a step back, deciding not to comment on Caitlyn's audible exhale.

IM SO HAPPY YOU SAID THAT WORD I JUST WROTE THIS SCENE THIS MORNING

This Ask Game

HAPPY WORDY WEDNSDAY

This ask game

Does Scandal count???? I love this bit so much so Im saying it counts!

i did NOT find this in a draft so treating this as a kimharry drabble* prompt

*I'm loose with my definition of drabble

🔎finders keepers🔎

rules:

send me an ask containing a word or phrase, if it is in one of my wips then i will post the snippet! if it isn't in one of my wips, then i have to either write it into a fic OR write a drabble containing the word or phrase!

🔎finders keepers🔎

rules:

send me an ask containing a word or phrase, if it is in one of my wips then i will post the snippet! if it isn't in one of my wips, then i have to either write it into a fic OR write a drabble containing the word or phrase!